Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission
Provider: Rocket Lab
Vehicle: Neutron
Launch Date:
Launch Site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)
Target Orbit: Helio-N/A
Orbital Compute Tier: Minimal
NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket. The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.
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